Civil Servant In Japan Gets Suspended For Publishing Light Novels

In line with experiences, a 28-year-old civil servant in Japan was suspended for writing Gentle Novels and publishing them with out permission whereas he was on a sick depart.

The worker, who was working at Hiratsuka Metropolis, Kanagawa Prefecture, earned 3.2 million yen (US$28,000) by publishing 4 mild novels. He was suspended for a interval of six months with out pay for breaking the Native Public Service Act.

The worker selected to resign as a substitute of accepting the punishment. His identification has not been revealed to the media.

The person in query was on sick depart. Through the interval between July and October he revealed 4 novels which earned him the cash. Round 256 chapters of the novel was revealed on-line and it was promoted over 10,000 instances on his Twitter.

Hiratsuka metropolis started an investigation into this matter after receiving an nameless tip. He was discovered responsible and suspended from his place on October twentieth.

The worker was unaware that he broke the Native Public Service Act. He thought he didn’t want a separate permission to jot down ebook as there have been quite a few writers who had been already doing the identical.

In line with the Native Public Service Act, authorities staff are avoided holding a separate part-time job, as it might intrude with their authorities job. However they’re allowed to take up writing actions, and even earn from it.

Nonetheless, there was a catch on this particular person’s case. The 28-year-old in query revealed and earned from his writing actions whereas he was away on sick depart.

In line with guidelines, when a civil servant is on sick depart, the government. pays his wage in order that the particular person might keep dwelling and recuperate. They don’t seem to be presupposed to take up another different half time actions in order that they’ll deal with getting higher.

Hiratsuka Metropolis issued an apology for the worker’s conduct stating they extraordinarily regretted what occurred and would do their finest to revive the general public’s belief and forestall such a scenario from occurring once more.

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